A Cornish winze shaft, used for exploration, 1869
A Cornish winze shaft, used for exploration. A man attached to a rope is being lowered down the shaft by a simple windlass. For light the men have nothing more than bare candles stuck in their hats. Cornwall, England. From Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving
Picture No
13901352
Media ID
48425590
Size
2279px x 2845px
(1.7MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive





























